Evolutionary conserved structural motifs in bacterial GST (glutathione S-transferase) are involved in protein folding and stability

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Allocati, Nerino ^a   Masulli, Michele ^a   Pietracupa, Marilena ^a   Federici, Luca ^a   Di Ilio, Carmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial glutathione S transferase (GST); Hydrophobic staple motif; N capping box; Proteus mirabilis GST B1 1 (PmGST B1 1); Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE (GST); HYDROPHOBIC STAPLE MOTIF; N-CAPPING BOX; PROTEUS MIRABILIS GST B1-1 (PMGST B1-1); SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROSCOPY; WILD TYPE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEAT; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 32944467164     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051367     Document Type: Article

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